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Sam Greenberg Vintage London


HEARTSHAKER HEARTBREAKER…LEATHER LOVERS LOOK OUT!

Thursday, 03 November 2011

The black leather jacket has always been the uniform of the bad, the rebellious and the outsider. The Hells Angels, the Black Panthers, punks, goths, metalheads, gay bar cruisers, and many of rock and roll’s non-conformist icons all brandished, at one time or another, the black leather jacket. Whether for protective or fashionable reasons, the effect is as menacing as it is stylish.

Broken in leather, beat-up patina, fierce attitude, and a sartorial swagger all rolled into one item. These jackets are sold as-is and a few of them have hand-sewn repair work, customized details, or flaws that are minimal and that, when compared to a new leather, simply add to the jacket’s overall personality, not unlike a junk yard dog compared to a well-groomed poodle.

Here’s some of our latest and greatest:


Sam Greenberg’s history is truly vintage itself. Sam’s father Benjamin arrived in London at the turn of the 20th century. A tailor in Warsaw, he arrived with nothing & began selling secondhand clothing from a stall in Petticoat Lane market in the East End. From a young boy, Sam worked alongside his father, growing the business into a 'rag yard', wholesaling used clothing. In 1935 he opened a shop selling men’s secondhand tailored clothing in the East End’s Cable Street, above which the family lived. After closing in 1951, he concentrated on wholesale, supplying other shops and markets with quality secondhand clothing. Still family owned, Sam Greenberg Vintage has returned to retail in recent years, carrying on the proud tradition of selling direct to the public with a concession space in Topman, Oxford Circus & now ASOS Marketplace. For a tip-top quality, ever changing range of handpicked & carefully selected men's (& a bit of women's) vintage clothing & accessories, Sam's your man!
Contact us at samgreenbergvintage@live.co.uk

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